Aloha, Suz…!

aloha ct how’s paradise tonight?

Hey Suz!

Suz!

hey newton — how’s the bay area tonight?

72°F | °C
Current: Partly Cloudy
Wind: S at 5 mph
Humidity: 76%

hey sunny — how ya doing tonight?

a lot nicer than my current 43

le sigh
le envy

evening, Suz

Cranky. It’s going to 12 degrees this weekend. brrrr.

hey ppd — how’s the south south bay tonight?

yikes — gonna need those fleece jammies with feet

Nice. And even if it wasn’t, with all the crap others are dealing with, I would be ashamed to complain.

Ya know… Our Aloha spirit is being sorely tested of late… First Caribou Barbie, then Rushbo, now it’s the entire RNC…! WTF…? ;-)

next thing ya know, some fool is gonna be on teevee saying hawaii made a curse with the devil….

good, thanks — how’s everything up north?

i remember feeling that way when i was down there. sf bay area really does have some great weather

rain headed this way for tomorrow. off and on rain all next week.

in other words, the usual :)

They are all there to get lei-ed.

hey mary — does that mean they paid to get lei’ed? ain’t that one of those sins they rant against?

ranting hypocrites.

Brr, same here. Hi Sunny, Suz, everyone
Love the music

I need a friend with a house in key west.

Major Garrett was dreaming along with them!

Great music, Suz!

hey margot — thanks — i started out looking for the jonny lang cover of luther’s song but ended up going with the original…. still snowing?

very good, Mary — like Woody Allen

hey loohoo — thanks. how’s socal tonight?

I’d offer up my place in Panama, but I finally got it rented!

ct — how big is your place?

Is Panama a cheap place to live? could two live there on 2600 a month?

It’s nice, especially with the full moon. I missed all of the storms while in PV. Feel kinda guilty.

oh don’t feel guilty — i would call that excellent timing loohoo.

Oh no, I think it stopped early a.m. Really cold and very sunny day, reminded me of New Mexico.

Da blues! The guy playing guitar in back of this video is from my home town-Brian Bisesi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERJ3rre99i0

Evening all!
Nice and quiet, thank goodness.

Did everyone see the PR corporation in Maryland’s 8th CD registering to vote, then filing to run for congress based on last week’s SCOTUS decision?

hey emerson — thought ya might like this one :) how ya doing?

NO!

In Illinois Cheryle Jackson is behind in the Dem primary, but the front-runner has some problems. It would seem to be an ideal situation for FDL to step in and help.

Cheryle Jackson

hey ce — you bundled up?

One room apt… Pretty cramped…! ;-)

no shit? holy moly — is it a pr stunt? gotta link?

le sigh

good Suz, how was your dental visit?

Watch both videos — Money quote: Let’s cut out the middle man

http://thinkprogress.org:80/2010/01/28/corporation-election/

Why, that’s the same temp we’re enjoying in tropical Toronto tonight ! *g*

Suz !

Hello you fine people!

Two words … Grand Marnier !

Of course, “it” will be running in the republican whorefest primary

his office called and rescheduled until next week due to a death in dr a’s family.

petro! dood whazzup?

kelly — dood, where ya at this time?

Yer fekking kidding me

Hey margot! I’m just engaging in recreational whining. Shouldn’t in light of how bad it is for so many. And, as suz pointed out, I’ve got my bunny suit ;-)

Oh, you bet! Cashmere socks (old, and not fit to leave the house) and multiple throws. Best one has felt and down. The snow was really pretty this morning, like Margot said we had a very, very sunny day. Unusual for Ohio.

Oh yes. Nicely. Plus you could be pensionados, 25% off on medical and dental, and 50% off on dinners and movies, etc.

My place is rented for $1200, but there are lots of places for less. I paid $5 for a shampoo and blow-dry next door, which I’d never consider here. Very cosmopolitan city. People from all over the world. Check craigslist if you’re interested. It does rain a lot June-October, but that’s why it’s so beautiful and green. Most folks speak English, and it’s currency is the American dollar.

(click on pics to enlarge)

Just got home about an hour ago. Had a hell of a time getting out of Chicago.

hey mark h — how ya doing?

That is so good loo hoo.

No. Sounds interesting.

weather trouble at the airport?

Emerson !

Care for a wee dram, laddy ?!!

Feb 7th is this year’s Marley fest… Marley historian Roger Steffens is gonna give a talk…! Shall we try for next year’s…! ;-)

Nothing’s up … high risk of frostbite tonight ! *g*

No grass grew under their feet, eh?

dammit, i woke up token laughing

one word…. YES!

Love the bunny suit!

Because of snow?

Dang, muffed the link. Let’s see if this works…

<a href="http://cheryle2010.com/home.php&quot; Cheryle2010.com

How you doing, Petro???

I’ve still got 9 days to “visualize” this one being the one … after that, I’ll think of next year’s. *g*

It is nice, Sunny.

Well, not Chicago weather, it was just cold. Frikking 10 degrees. The plane coming in was delayed in Switzerland!!!

It was a 777, so that was a nice ride home. Thanks Be To Dog, as there was a ton of turbulence over Omaha.

it works markh

Nope. You’ll see.. :)

I lust for your pad in Panama!

Murray Hill is a progressive PR shop — you bet they wanted to demonstrate the logic of “Five of Assinine’s” decision. Their campaign commercial at that link really lays it on the line.

Hope springs eternal…! ;-)

$5 for a Shampoo & a blow job ?!!

Dammit, I need reading glasses …

Luther!

Nice pick, Suz!

hey rat — thanks — how ya doing tonight?

Good evening. Had the youngbloods and their friends around the dinner table tonight. I’ll cook for them anytime!!
Now that they’re not part of the household I realize How Much I need the energy of young people.
We have balmy weather here in the Puget Sound. It’s great, but creepy. Kind of sucks when balmy weather patterns in January creep you out, but I’m adjusting.! And enjoying the weather with walking the dogs.
Agate hunting on the beach is superb with these wild tides. Extreme low/high tides with serious winds is a beach comers’ delight, after the storm.
Too bad agates are only momentos. I’d be rich right now !!

Wow Petro, you may not be free but you sure are reasonable. “g”

*SPEW*

Stop that Petro!

Uh, I mean, do MORE of that, Petro! Heh.

I give up. How do you make a link work on this thing. Aaaaaaaghh!

Ya goof!

Great except I can’t seem to make an http link for a comment.
How are you and the bay?

hey openhope — been in the 50′s in the daytime — strange indeed for a january — el nino is the cause per the teevee weather dood

If you add up all the millions of years it takes to create each agate, I’d say you are rich, OH

I’ll be right over…

Really? It doesn’t look right from here.

the link worked — i clicked and it took me to the candidate’s site don’t look right but it works

I visited the Puget Sound about 15 years ago. What a beautiful spot!

Rattykins!

Was thinking ’bout ya waiting for my plane. Specifically, I wanted Bob to bite a few jerks at O’Hare. *g*

doing ok — bay is low tide with a large moon all hazy with high clouds. rain a’coming tomorrow but not strong storms.

I’ll check the link later…. when I wonder off, sometimes I don’t make it back *g*

Never better, and you?

I was reading something about B-movie actress Ann Savage and came across this photo. I think it’s pretty awesome.

She passed away on Christmas Day in 2008 at the age of 87. Sounds like she was a very smart and cool lady even into her final years.

Petro! If it wouldn’t be too much trouble, sir?

Petro!

ROFL … and to ratfood as well !

Sent ya an e-mail.

Jerks at O’Hare? Say it ain’t so!

fair to middlin myself. that’s a great photo ratty

… tee hee hee …

What a beautiful woman.

Margot !

‘scuse me, dear lady, while I pour emerson a double of the very best … Highland Park !

Petro! snags the 100!

woohoo congrats petro

“Never better” is more ambiguous than it sounds.

Here is a photo of Ann in her later years, with the following description:

Ann (a self described “tough old bird.”) kept busy with film festival galas, Hollywood Heritage preservation work, art collecting, tennis playing, drinking peppery Bloody Marys, and shooting her beloved .38 Pistol.

That’s John McCain’s Mom!

Agreed, it looks to me like a statue of Cleopatra, or some other Egyptian royalty. I think that was probably intentional.

Mmmm, bustin out the good stuff, Petro! (putting aside the glenfiddich). Where you been?

I don’t live on the beach now so I’m kind of relaxed about the El Nino/El Nina influence that could and did slap us upside the head as beach people. It’s much more dramatic when you live on the beach. Now that we live a mile inland it’s so much more a conversation piece. No drama. No watching the shoreline erode with each fucking huge wave, being pissed off that your neighbors put up a bulkhead that saves their land and fucks you over big time with the flow they created.

My favorite McCain, if I have one. I’m a sucker for tough old birds though, younger ones too.

What a great photo. She’s beautiful in that one, too.

i wanna be a tough old bird when i’m old. right now i’m still in training…

being on netarts bay sure opened my eyes to the other side. i’ve always experienced el nino in ca and not from this perspective.

Wow. That reminds me of Quebecguy. Can’t remember his name, but he found a whole scrapbook of Hollywood type pics, signed, when cleaning up after a family death.

Wonder what s/he’s done with it.

I’ve been searching the World for Highland Park ! *g*

I had some Glen earlier in the week, but it f-fr-frizzin’ in Jolly [c]old Toronto tonight, so I broke out the prized treat.

oooooh i remember that — i don’t recall hearing what the outcome of that was. was a Q name…

At least you are still near the sea. I left the east coast in 1981, and still miss the ocean so much. Our week last year on Campobello Island was wonderful and so refreshing.

She’s got great bones.

Dang, I forgot to watch out!

Congratulations, Petrocelli!!!

i’m thinking about getting closer. i can hear the roar but don’t see any surf — just the rise and fall of the tide

Sister.

Yeah, me too. I’m pretty hard headed but the rest of me could use some additional toughening.

Oh, the view of the surf! I’d die to have that!

LOL!

i’m trying to life my life with a ‘if not now, when’ attitude.

i love this place but if i were to find a single story little place with surf view in my price range in this general area….

Hey Kelly,
How are your travels? International?

Nancy pelosi finally did something I can appreciate hope you do to. Was posted on FDL earlier.
“I don’t think we have to protect military contractors. I do not think the entire military budget has to be exempted,” Pelosi said.
Please send here an email supporting that plan and ask her to start cutting the war budgets.
Less killing and more healthcare.

And a great evening to all. Our weather forecast is a week of sunshine!

Here’s a take on that great drug commercial (truly!). When I Grow Up I Want to be an Old Woman.

Her primary claim to fame was the cult classic film noir “Detour.” Like all cult classics completely overlooked at the time of it’s release.

Unlike a lot of the roles available in that era it sounds like she tended to land parts as a smart, capable, albeit ruthless woman. Very cool.

My dream wants:

surf view
porch with surf view
fireplace inside with awesome andirons

Poor guy got forced to do time in Illinois. Fortunately it sounds like he was eligible for early release.

here’s michelle shocked‘s original music video for that song — this song is one of my favs

I WISH they were international.

Just domestic and I wish I could do less. I really love being at home.

I hadn’t seen Mr. Belch since January 11th, and he got home from remodeling the Ancient One’s house on Monday, and I left Tuesday.

You get the picture. I’m a Domestic Diva, but am sentenced to the Road.

Isn’t Cher’s Malibu(?) home for sale? In case you’re looking for a fixer-upper.

hey bb — how goes tonight?

hey rat,
am I missing something?

I’ll second that wish list and add I want a fireplace so big you can walk into it!

Yes, weird! but true. I’ve seen a few, and just love them.

ocean view from each room.

andirons?

The Puget Sound is an amazing environment. I am in awe of the pure force of nature this particular region has. It’s humbling and exhilarating. And scary sometimes when the storms roll in and the trees fall down. A very dramatic geological area.

Not really. Apparently he was in Illinois on business. I was just implying it’s the sort of place no one would want to see on purpose. As a lifetime resident I’m permitted. :-)

I do understand. Our son lives the same — wishes he was home in NYC but lives in airports. Sorry! Our lucky lives give us at least one fun international trip each year. Welcome home!

Nifty pin-up photo at her wiki page.

So, a very small island?

Chris, I remember going on a family excursion to Chincoteague Island and it was great.

That would be the Mayan ruins at Tulum!

Grove Park Inn in Ashville NC — walk in fireplace with GIANT andirons (Loo Hoo, it has everything to do with giant fireplaces..)

Amazing legs. I don’t think the outfit and hairstyle suit her but better than it would look on me… :-)

Misty! Stormy, Misty’s Foal!

i’m thinking long and lowslung with walls of glass oceanside

Heh, SEE! You know it!

Margot, we loved it there. Last time we went, the ponies tried to eat my Dad’s hat!

LOVE it!

Dig the Mayan helipad.

Every place has it’s pull. I was raised in the prairies, I love the grasslands. But they were never as scary on a regular basis as the coastal waters of the Puget Sound.

Just remembered how good this guy is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9som2VsSskU

Here’s the actual campaign site, SN

http://murrayhillincforcongress.com/

I like andirons too. Have a pair that are so large they won’t fit in my skimpy fireplace – they sit on the surround. Lots of them around a few years ago for cheap. Might have had to do with old homeplaces coming down (or maybe glass enclosures).

smooth emerson

Damn What’s not to like about Luther and this tune!
Very togetherband. Love it.

Yes! The movie was out and I got to see these horses running wild.

In the program I saw about Cher’s ocean side home (few years back, I think it might have been a 60 Minutes segment about the architect) you could barely discern (from that camera angle anyway) where the pool ended and the Pacific began. I think I could downshift my lifestyle enough to accommodate something like that.

What a fab place. We ate on the porch restaurant — it was the Friday night “all you can eat” seafood buffet. Summer views, wonderful. Every February they have and Arts and Crafts Symposium… or something like that. I’d love to go.

thanks bb — click on his name in the post and it takes ya to his wiki page. very informative and we lost a good one when he passed

Thanks.

Oh yes, you are so right about the glass enclosures. We don’t have any, and it means we have to be careful about how long we leave the flu open. Still, we do love the giant ones we have.

I remember reading the books when I was in 3rd grade forty years ago, which shows why my brain has so little room for pertinent information.

Good night/morning all.

Luther was an Illinois resident. Worked at the Caterpillar plant near Peoria and recorded a song called Caterpillar Blues.

g’nite ce — sleep well

G’nite Christine.

I should head out too, sweet dreams to all.

Ciao CE

Ta ta, RF

another good tune. i wasn’t familiar with his work until i stumbled upon him at utube

g’nite ratty — sleep well

Is this something?

“Has The Senate Made A Deal With Stupak?

by digby”

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/has-senate-made-deal-with-stupak-by.html

hey transparait — fuck

For your viewing pleasure, a northerner’s take on Obama’s SOTU. (Not a video, but like Cinderella’s carriage, it may turn into a pumpkin at midnight.)

hey mr why — how ya doing tonight?

Yes.

Night Chris

nite chris and rat.

Tavis Smiley’s interview with Hillary last night was surprisingly good.

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/reports/episode-one.html

Thanks…. I can fall into that!

And I shall part with my Airport Wingnut story:

So I’m sitting there at O’Hare at terminal 1, gate B16 this afternoon waiting for my plane. CNN on the TV, Blitzer’s “Situation Room” playing on the screen. There is a stupid wingnut and a relatively smart wingnut, merrily engaging each other in Obama bashing, and a bit loudly.

I am on e-mail and on the phone with my boss, and we’re talking about ways we can meet bottom line goals for this first quarter. I am circumspect with my language as I’m in public. But I’m also absorpbing what these assholes are saying, and ignoring them.

I hang up, and it’s not a MINUTE that passes by that Smart Wingnut says, “Hey, you obviously work for a living. What’d you think of that speach? (SOTU)”

Me: McCain could have given it.
DumbWingnut: Whaa? Obama just doesn’t GET IT, MAN!
SMartWingnut: You’re pulling my leg.

Me: Well, think about it. Tax cut, tax cut, tax cut, but the military isn’t affected. Spending freeze on everything else. The health care proposal to tax cadillac union plans. If you really think about it, this is the speach McCain would give if he won. And you’d probably be about 85% ok with it. So what’s the reason that you’re not? Is it because he’s Black, or a democrat or both?

That’s the short of it.

It got very hilarious when the Smart (!) Wingnut said “But he took on the Supreme Court in front of EVERYBODY!” And I said “It’s perfectly OK for conservatives to do that with Roe v. Wade. They do it all the time.”

Purple faces all around, let me tell you.

Oh yeah, Misty!! Probably the sole source of my decision to get ponies for our children, just because we could.
We were blessed to have ponies, living on tide flats, with a pasture/barn for $20 a month. Riding ponies on the tide flats, doesn’t get better then that!!!
Ponies are not like horses. They think. They have ideas.
Should have just gotten horses. But it was awesome. Even counting in the bucking and rearing.

Luther Allison is a badassed blues guitar player no doubt about it. 10 minute riffs steel fingers wish we had universal healthcare so folks could live out their life.
Damn he is smooth and has a playful style. Maybe does rythm and blues. I would like to listen to some. This is real people music. Gettin down.

*standing on chair clapping wildly*

very well done sir, very well done indeed

Sounds heavenly. First you gave birth to them then you gave them great experience. Lucky kids and dinner whenever. Good mom.

Good on you!! Run for office!!! Actually, that’s a scary thought. The death of true voice in matters of imporance.

Heh.

Most telling was when I said “Look, he can still tap any phone for security purposes that Bush wanted to for terrorism purposes, he’s totally about that, and which part of the military budget that he increased for Afghanistan do you want him to cut?”

The sputtering was magnificent.

Okaaay. Presence of mind, a fine attribute.

Yes, in the after thought. When your kids are riding ponies that are bolting and you’re screaming,”Ride it out!! Don’t fall off!!.” it takes on another dimension. HELPLESS!! An “Oh, Fuck!!”, moment. *g*

i used to just close my eyes and hope to not hear screams

That’s your back stage job!

well that too (laughing)

G’night. Sleepytime calling

congrats on the 200 and g’nite kelly

everybody fall asleep?

I fell into the andirons…

hahaha

i’m starting to yawn so i’m gonna head out. thank you for the music and conversations tonight.

g’nite all.

Very sad about Howard Zinn. Amy looked like she was going to cry for the entire show.

They are amazingly cheap. Guess nobody can use them anymore…

Sweet dreams suz. Thanks.

His death is already reported at Wikipedia. Those folks are amazing.

I don’t think it’s sad Howard Zinn died. How awesome to have a conversation with Bill Moyers a few weeks before your death as a person who has lived for 87 years and was still a player. What a gift. We should celebrate his achievements.
Fucking A!! No down time, no nursing homes. We should all be so lucky.
Thank you and bless you, Howard Zinn. May you rest in peace. Your voice will resonate through our timbers. Go in peace.

They’re pretty quick. There’s a new movie on him I have to get. Chomsky was hit hard by it too.

you celbrate it then. I will mourn his loss.

Great picture in the Globe.

We rode our ponies bareback in the pasture for extra fun they liked me so I got to ride no bridle or saddle they appreciated that part.

Still looked very young and vibrant for 87. He was a great man and greatly admired by all in my year there. (1972-73.) I’m sorry I never got to see him speak, although I did see him walking on the Cambridge campus one day. He was surrounded by students and laughing. That’s how I’ll remember him.

I’m grieving for my brother who died at 51 December 13th. Cremated January 23rd because he died of potential complications from Swine Flu and they needed to do research. I’m grieving for my mother who had a bad fall 2 weeks later and will come to my house to live tomorrow, after Group Health kicks her out of the care facility. She can’t return to her house. I can not grieve for a man who accomplished so much in his life and died before he had to be an invalid.
His voice will be lost. I grieve for that. His body spared him the humiliation of old age. I rejoice in that.
I will miss his voice.. I’m glad he was spared the humiliation of most old people.

Oh yeah, we were the wild pony people ,too. Bareback and hackamore. No bit, no dominance. Those were awesome times. We had saddles and bits, it just seemed that the connection was easier without the dominance.
Fun times.

I’m sorry to hear that. We four siblings just had a meeting to talk about my parents. They are doing relatively well, but are now 85 and 83. One or both will be living with one of us eventually. We hope they stay lucid for the time they have left. My grandmother lost her senses for the last year before her death at 92. she was nothing like the shell that remained.

I believe grieving is individual; we each do it differently. But I am sorry you’ve had to deal with these crises at this time.

Thank you, and I hear you fear. The weird thing is no matter how you plan it among siblings, it’s probalby going to come as a phone call when you least expect i. I was in the shower when my father decided to call me, 4 hours after my mom fell. It took me 2 more hours to convince them we needed to call 911. It’s just not what I had envisioned in my scenario of how this would happen.!. They’re Howard Zinn’s age and Howard Zinn fans.
Better to exit as he did. We’re all going to go through this stage. We can go with remorse or we can go with gratitude. It comes down to us in the end. Death is a solitary experience.
I’m just grateful that a powerful man like Howard Zinn wasn’t destined to vegetate.

Sweet dreams,all. Peace.

We’re fortunate in that both sisters, brother, and parents all live in the same town and I am only 25 miles away and it’s rare that one of us doesn’t see them daily. In the last year, I’ve made a point of seeing them more often than ever cuz you never know. The only thing I worry about is them driving up the coast virtually every week for low stakes casino gambling. But who knows how long Mom will be able to drive? Her stock is strong, as my grandmother was the first woman to run a union in the state of Pennsylvania, but as you say, some things upset the best plans.

G’nite openhope. Peace.

Emerson, I live 1 mile away from my parents. In the final crisis, time and mileage are mute. Except when being there for 911 and it’s aftermath.
My mom hid the extent of her blindness. I actually had to tell her caregivers how blind she was.
Parents want to protect their children from realities. In my experience. They will go to great lengths to not burden their children.
okay, now I’m going to sign off. I heard an incredible song, probably Alicia Keys[?] that said a broken heart can’t sleep. Man, was that true.